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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES

BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts, Chairman

PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania MAXINE WATERS, California CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York LUIS V. GUTIERREZ, Illinois NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ, New York MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York BRAD SHERMAN, California GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York DENNIS MOORE, Kansas MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri CAROLYN MCCARTHY, New York JOE BACA, California STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts BRAD MILLER, North Carolina DAVID SCOTT, Georgia AL GREEN, Texas EMANUEL CLEAVER, Missouri MELISSA L. BEAN, Illinois GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin PAUL W. HODES, New Hampshire KEITH ELLISON, Minnesota RON KLEIN, Florida CHARLES WILSON, Ohio ED PERLMUTTER, Colorado JOE DONNELLY, Indiana BILL FOSTER, Illinois ANDRE CARSON, Indiana JACKIE SPEIER, California TRAVIS CHILDERS, Mississippi WALT MINNICK, Idaho JOHN ADLER, New Jersey MARY JO KILROY, Ohio STEVE DRIEHAUS, Ohio SUZANNE KOSMAS, Florida ALAN GRAYSON, Florida JIM HIMES, Connecticut GARY PETERS, Michigan DAN MAFFEI, New York

SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama MICHAEL N. CASTLE, Delaware PETER T. KING, New York EDWARD R. ROYCE, California FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma RON PAUL, Texas DONALD A. MANZULLO, Illinois WALTER B. JONES, JR., North Carolina JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois GARY G. MILLER, California SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia JEB HENSARLING, Texas SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina JIM GERLACH, Pennsylvania RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas TOM PRICE, Georgia PATRICK T. MCHENRY, North Carolina JOHN CAMPBELL, California ADAM PUTNAM, Florida MICHELE BACHMANN, Minnesota KENNY MARCHANT, Texas THADDEUS MCCOTTER, Michigan KEVIN MCCARTHY, California BILL POSEY, Florida LYNN JENKINS, Kansas CHRISTOPHER LEE, New York ERIC PAULSEN, Minnesota LEONARD LANCE, New Jersey

JEANNE M. ROSLANOWICK, Staff Director and Chief Counsel


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RULES Rule 1—General Provisions ................................................................................. 1 Rule 2—Meetings ................................................................................................. 1 Rule 3—Meeting and Hearing Procedures ......................................................... 2 Rule 4—Procedures for Reporting Measures or Matters .................................. 7 Rule 5—Subcommittees ....................................................................................... 7 Rule 6—Staff ........................................................................................................ 12 Rule 7—Budget and Travel ................................................................................. 12 Rule 8—Committee Administration ................................................................... 13

APPENDICES Appendix 1—Applicable Provisions of House Rules .......................................... 15 Appendix 2—Chairs Policy Regarding Postponed Votes ................................... 29



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RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON

FINANCIAL SERVICES

U.S. House of Representatives

111th Congress

First Session

RULE 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) The rules of the House are the rules of the Committee on Fi-nancial Services (hereinafter in these rules referred to as the ’’Com-mittee’’) and its subcommittees so far as applicable, except that a motion to recess from day to day, and a motion to dispense with the first reading (in full) of a bill or resolution, if printed copies are available, are privileged motions in the Committee and shall be considered without debate. A proposed investigative or oversight report shall be considered as read if it has been available to the members of the Committee for at least 24 hours (excluding Satur-days, Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in ses-sion on such day).

(b) Each subcommittee is a part of the Committee, and is subject to the authority and direction of the Committee and to its rules so far as applicable.

(c) The provisions of clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules of the House are incorporated by reference as the rules of the Committee to the extent applicable.

RULE 2

MEETINGS

Calling of Meetings

(a)(1) The Committee shall regularly meet on the first Tuesday of each month when the House is in session.

(2) A regular meeting of the Committee may be dispensed with if, in the judgment of the Chairman of the Committee (hereinafter in these rules referred to as the ’’Chair’’), there is no need for the meeting.

(3) Additional regular meetings and hearings of the Com-mittee may be called by the Chair, in accordance with clause 2(g)(3) of rule XI of the rules of the House.


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(4) Special meetings shall be called and convened by the Chair as provided in clause 2(c)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the House.

Notice for Meetings

(b)(1) The Chair shall notify each member of the Committee of the agenda of each regular meeting of the Committee at least two calendar days before the time of the meeting.

(2) The Chair shall provide to each member of the Com-mittee, at least two calendar days before the time of each reg-ular meeting for each measure or matter on the agenda a copy of—

(A) the measure or materials relating to the matter in question; and

(B) an explanation of the measure or matter to be con-sidered, which, in the case of an explanation of a bill, reso-lution, or similar measure, shall include a summary of the major provisions of the legislation, an explanation of the relationship of the measure to present law, and a sum-mary of the need for the legislation.

(3) The agenda and materials required under this subsection shall be provided to each member of the Committee at least three calendar days before the time of the meeting where the measure or matter to be considered was not approved for full Committee consideration by a subcommittee of jurisdiction.

(4) The provisions of this subsection may be waived by a two- thirds vote of the Committee, or by the Chair with the concur-rence of the ranking minority member.

RULE 3

MEETING AND HEARING PROCEDURES

In General

(a)(1) Meetings and hearings of the Committee shall be called to order and presided over by the Chair or, in the Chair’s absence, by the member designated by the Chair as the Vice Chair of the Com-mittee, or by the ranking majority member of the Committee present as Acting Chair.

(2) Meetings and hearings of the committee shall be open to the public unless closed in accordance with clause 2(g) of rule XI of the Rules of the House.

(3) Any meeting or hearing of the Committee that is open to the public shall be open to coverage by television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photography in accordance with the provisions of clause 4 of rule XI of the Rules of the House (which are incorporated by reference as part of these rules). Operation and use of any Committee operated broadcast sys-tem shall be fair and nonpartisan and in accordance with clause 4(b) of rule XI and all other applicable rules of the Com-mittee and the House.

(4) Opening statements by members at the beginning of any hearing or meeting of the Committee shall be limited to 5 min-


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utes each for the Chair or ranking minority member, or their respective designee, and 3 minutes each for all other members.

(5) No person, other than a Member of Congress, Committee staff, or an employee of a Member when that Member has an amendment under consideration, may stand in or be seated at the rostrum area of the Committee rooms unless the Chair de-termines otherwise.

Quorum

(b)(1) For the purpose of taking testimony and receiving evi-dence, two members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.

(2) A majority of the members of the Committee shall con-stitute a quorum for the purposes of reporting any measure or matter, of authorizing a subpoena, of closing a meeting or hearing pursuant to clause 2(g) of rule XI of the rules of the House (except as provided in clause 2(g)(2)(A) and (B)) or of re-leasing executive session material pursuant to clause 2(k)(7) of rule XI of the rules of the House.

(3) For the purpose of taking any action other than those specified in paragraph (2) one-third of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.

Voting

(c)(1) No vote may be conducted on any measure or matter pend-ing before the Committee unless the requisite number of members of the Committee is actually present for such purpose.

(2) A record vote of the Committee shall be provided on any question before the Committee upon the request of one-fifth of the members present.

(3) No vote by any member of the Committee on any meas-ure or matter may be cast by proxy.

(4) In addition to any other requirement of these rules or the Rules of the House, the Chair shall make the record of the votes on any question on which a record vote is demanded available on the Committee’s Web site not later than 2 busi-ness days after such vote is taken. Such record shall include a description of the amendment, motion, order, or other propo-sition, the name of each member voting for and each member voting against such amendment, motion, order, or proposition, and the names of those members of the committee present but not voting.

(5) In accordance with clause 2(e)(1)(B) of rule XI, a record of the vote of each member of the Committee on each record vote on any measure or matter before the Committee shall be available for public inspection at the offices of the Committee, and, with respect to any record vote on any motion to report or on any amendment, shall be included in the report of the Committee showing the total number of votes cast for and against and the names of those members voting for and against.

(6) POSTPONED RECORD VOTES.—(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Chairman may postpone further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on the question of approving any meas-


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ure or matter or adopting an amendment. The Chairman may resume proceedings on a postponed request at any time, but no later than the next meeting day.

(B) In exercising postponement authority under subpara-graph (A), the Chairman shall take all reasonable steps nec-essary to notify members on the resumption of proceedings on any postponed record vote.

(C) When proceedings resume on a postponed question, not-withstanding any intervening order for the previous question, an underlying proposition shall remain subject to further de-bate or amendment to the same extent as when the question was postponed.

Hearing Procedures

(d)(1)(A) The Chair shall make public announcement of the date, place, and subject matter of any committee hearing at least one week before the commencement of the hearing, unless the Chair, with the concurrence of the ranking minority member, or the Com-mittee by majority vote with a quorum present for the transaction of business, determines there is good cause to begin the hearing sooner, in which case the Chair shall make the announcement at the earliest possible date.

(B) Not less than three days before the commencement of a hearing announced under this paragraph, the Chair shall provide to the members of the Committee a concise summary of the subject of the hearing, or, in the case of a hearing on a measure or matter, a copy of the measure or materials relating to the matter in question and a con-cise explanation of the measure or matter to be considered. At the same time the Chair provides the information re-quired by the preceding sentence, the Chair shall also pro-vide to the members of the Committee a final list con-sisting of the names of each witness who is to appear be-fore the Committee at that hearing. The witness list may not be modified within 24 hours of a hearing, unless the Chair, with the concurrence of the ranking minority mem-ber, determines there is good cause for such modification.

(2) To the greatest extent practicable— (A) each witness who is to appear before the Committee

shall file with the Committee two business days in ad-vance of the appearance sufficient copies (including a copy in electronic form), as determined by the Chair, of a writ-ten statement of proposed testimony and shall limit the oral presentation to the Committee to brief summary thereof; and

(B) each witness appearing in a non-governmental ca-pacity shall include with the written statement of proposed testimony a curriculum vitae and a disclosure of the amount and source (by agency and program) of any Fed-eral grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract (or subcontract thereof) received during the current fiscal year or either of the two preceding fiscal years.


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(3) The requirements of paragraph (2)(A) may be modified or waived by the Chair when the Chair determines it to be in the best interest of the Committee.

(4) The five-minute rule shall be observed in the interroga-tion of witnesses before the Committee until each member of the Committee has had an opportunity to question the wit-nesses. No member shall be recognized for a second period of 5 minutes to interrogate witnesses until each member of the Committee present has been recognized once for that purpose.

(5) Whenever any hearing is conducted by the Committee on any measure or matter, the minority party members of the Committee shall be entitled, upon the request of a majority of them before the completion of the hearing, to call witnesses with respect to that measure or matter during at least one day of hearing thereon.

Subpoenas and Oaths

(e)(1) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of the Rules of the House, a subpoena may be authorized and issued by the Committee or a subcommittee in the conduct of any investigation or series of investigations or activities, only when authorized by a majority of the members voting, a majority being present, or pursuant to para-graph (2).

(2) The Chair, with the concurrence of the ranking minority member, may authorize and issue subpoenas under such clause during any period for which the House has adjourned for a pe-riod in excess of 3 days when, in the opinion of the Chair, au-thorization and issuance of the subpoena is necessary to obtain the material or testimony set forth in the subpoena. The Chair shall report to the members of the Committee on the author-ization and issuance of a subpoena during the recess period as soon as practicable, but in no event later than one week after service of such subpoena.

(3) Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chair or by any member designated by the Committee, and may be served by any person designated by the Chair or such member.

(4) The Chair, or any member of the Committee designated by the Chair, may administer oaths to witnesses before the Committee.

Special Procedures

(f)(1)(A) COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS AND COINS.—It shall not be in order for the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Tech-nology to hold a hearing on any commemorative medal or com-memorative coin legislation unless the legislation is cosponsored by at least two-thirds of the members of the House.

(B) It shall not be in order for the subcommittee to approve a bill or measure authorizing commemorative coins for consid-eration by the full Committee which does not conform with the mintage restrictions established by section 5112 of title 31, United States Code.


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(C) In considering legislation authorizing Congressional gold medals, the subcommittee shall apply the following stand-ards—

(i) the recipient shall be a natural person; (ii) the recipient shall have performed an achievement

that has an impact on American history and culture that is likely to be recognized as a major achievement in the re-cipient’s field long after the achievement;

(iii) the recipient shall not have received a medal pre-viously for the same or substantially the same achieve-ment;

(iv) the recipient shall be living or, if deceased, shall have been deceased for not less than 5 years and not more than 25 years;

(v) the achievements were performed in the recipient’s field of endeavor, and represent either a lifetime of contin-uous superior achievements or a single achievement so sig-nificant that the recipient is recognized and acclaimed by others in the same field, as evidenced by the recipient hav-ing received the highest honors in the field.

(2) TESTIMONY OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS.— (A) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(4), when the Chair an-

nounces a hearing of the Committee for the purpose of receiv-ing—

(i) testimony from the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board pursuant to section 2B of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 221 et seq.), or

(ii) testimony from the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board or a member of the President’s cabinet at the invita-tion of the Chair, the Chair may, in consultation with the ranking minority member, limit the number and duration of opening statements to be delivered at such hearing. The limitation shall be included in the announcement made pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(A), and shall provide that the opening statements of all members of the Committee shall be made a part of the hearing record.

(B) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(4), at any hearing of the Committee for the purpose of receiving testimony (other than testimony described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A)), the Chair may, after consultation with the ranking minority member, limit the duration of opening statements to ten min-utes, to be divided between the Chair and Chair of the perti-nent subcommittee, or the Chair’s designees, and ten minutes, to be controlled by the ranking minority member, or the rank-ing minority member’s designees. Following such time, the du-ration for opening statements may be extended by agreement between the Chairman and ranking minority member, to be di-vided at the discretion of the Chair or ranking minority mem-ber. The Chair shall provide that the opening statements for all members of the Committee shall be made a part of the hearing record.

(C) At any hearing of a subcommittee, the Chair of the sub-committee may, in consultation with the ranking minority member of the subcommittee, limit the duration of opening


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statements to ten minutes, to be divided between the majority and minority. Following such time, the duration for opening statements may be extended by either the Chair of the sub-committee or ranking minority member of the subcommittee for an additional ten minutes each, to be divided at the discre-tion of the Chair of the subcommittee or ranking minority member of the subcommittee. The Chair of the subcommittee shall ensure that opening statements for all members be made part of the hearing record.

(D) If the Chair and ranking minority member acting jointly determine that extraordinary circumstances exist necessitating allowing members to make opening statements, subparagraphs (B) or (C), as the case may be, shall not apply to such hearing.

RULE 4

PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING MEASURES OR MATTERS

(a) No measure or matter shall be reported from the Committee unless a majority of the Committee is actually present.

(b) The Chair of the Committee shall report or cause to be re-ported promptly to the House any measure approved by the Com-mittee and take necessary steps to bring a matter to a vote.

(c) The report of the Committee on a measure which has been ap-proved by the Committee shall be filed within seven calendar days (exclusive of days on which the House is not in session) after the day on which there has been filed with the clerk of the Committee a written request, signed by a majority of the members of the Com-mittee, for the reporting of that measure pursuant to the provisions of clause 2(b)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House.

(d) All reports printed by the Committee pursuant to a legislative study or investigation and not approved by a majority vote of the Committee shall contain the following disclaimer on the cover of such report: ‘‘This report has not been officially adopted by the Committee on Financial Services and may not necessarily reflect the views of its Members.’’

(e) The Chair is directed to offer a motion under clause 1 of rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever the Chair considers it ap-propriate.

RULE 5

SUBCOMMITTEES

Establishment and Responsibilities of Subcommittees

(a)(1) There shall be 6 subcommittees of the Committee as fol-lows:

(A) SUBCOMMITTEE ON CAPITAL MARKETS, INSURANCE, AND GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ENTERPRISES.—The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises includes—

(i) securities, exchanges, and finance; (ii) capital markets activities, including business capital

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(iii) activities involving futures, forwards, options, and other types of derivative instruments;

(iv) the Securities and Exchange Commission; (v) secondary market organizations for home mortgages,

including the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the Fed-eral Agricultural Mortgage Corporation;

(vi) the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight; (vii) the Federal Home Loan Banks; (viii) the Federal Housing Finance Board; (ix) terrorism risk insurance; and (x) insurance generally.

(B) SUBCOMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC MONETARY POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY.—The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Domes-tic Monetary Policy and Technology includes—

(i) financial aid to all sectors and elements within the economy;

(ii) economic growth and stabilization; (iii) defense production matters as contained in the De-

fense Production Act of 1950, as amended; (iv) domestic monetary policy, and agencies which di-

rectly or indirectly affect domestic monetary policy, includ-ing the effect of such policy and other financial actions on interest rates, the allocation of credit, and the structure and functioning of domestic financial institutions;

(v) coins, coinage, currency, and medals, including com-memorative coins and medals, proof and mint sets and other special coins, the Coinage Act of 1965, gold and sil-ver, including the coinage thereof (but not the par value of gold), gold medals, counterfeiting, currency denominations and design, the distribution of coins, and the operations of the Bureau of the Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing; and

(vi) development of new or alternative forms of currency. (C) SUBCOMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CON-

SUMER CREDIT.—The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Fi-nancial Institutions and Consumer Credit includes—

(i) all agencies, including the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve System, the Office of Thrift Super-vision, and the National Credit Union Administration, which directly or indirectly exercise supervisory or regu-latory authority in connection with, or provide deposit in-surance for, financial institutions, and the establishment of interest rate ceilings on deposits;

(ii) the chartering, branching, merger, acquisition, con-solidation, or conversion of financial institutions;

(iii) consumer credit, including the provision of consumer credit by insurance companies, and further including those matters in the Consumer Credit Protection Act dealing with truth in lending, extortionate credit transactions, re-strictions on garnishments, fair credit reporting and the use of credit information by credit bureaus and credit pro-


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viders, equal credit opportunity, debt collection practices, and electronic funds transfers;

(iv) creditor remedies and debtor defenses, Federal as-pects of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code, credit and debit cards, and the preemption of State usury laws;

(v) consumer access to financial services, including the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and the Community Rein-vestment Act;

(vi) the terms and rules of disclosure of financial serv-ices, including the advertisement, promotion and pricing of financial services, and availability of government check cashing services;

(vii) deposit insurance; and (viii) consumer access to savings accounts and checking

accounts in financial institutions, including lifeline bank-ing and other consumer accounts.

(D) SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY OPPOR-TUNITY.—The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity includes—

(i) housing (except programs administered by the De-partment of Veterans Affairs), including mortgage and loan insurance pursuant to the National Housing Act; rural housing; housing and homeless assistance programs; all activities of the Government National Mortgage Asso-ciation; private mortgage insurance; housing construction and design and safety standards; housing-related energy conservation; housing research and demonstration pro-grams; financial and technical assistance for nonprofit housing sponsors; housing counseling and technical assist-ance; regulation of the housing industry (including land-lord/tenant relations); and real estate lending including regulation of settlement procedures;

(ii) community development and community and neigh-borhood planning, training and research; national urban growth policies; urban/rural research and technologies; and regulation of interstate land sales;

(iii) government sponsored insurance programs, includ-ing those offering protection against crime, fire, flood (and related land use controls), earthquake and other natural hazards, but not including terrorism risk insurance; and

(iv) the qualifications for and designation of Empower-ment Zones and Enterprise Communities (other than mat-ters relating to tax benefits).

(E) SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL MONETARY POLICY AND TRADE.—The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade includes—

(i) multilateral development lending institutions, includ-ing activities of the National Advisory Council on Inter-national Monetary and Financial Policies as related there-to, and monetary and financial developments as they re-late to the activities and objectives of such institutions;

(ii) international trade, including but not limited to the activities of the Export-Import Bank;


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(iii) the International Monetary Fund, its permanent and temporary agencies, and all matters related thereto; and

(iv) international investment policies, both as they relate to United States investments for trade purposes by citizens of the United States and investments made by all foreign entities in the United States.

(F) SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS.—The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investiga-tions includes—

(i) the oversight of all agencies, departments, programs, and matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee, in-cluding the development of recommendations with regard to the necessity or desirability of enacting, changing, or re-pealing any legislation within the jurisdiction of the Com-mittee, and for conducting investigations within such juris-diction; and

(ii) research and analysis regarding matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee, including the impact or probable impact of tax policies affecting matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee.

(2) In addition, each such subcommittee shall have specific responsibility for such other measures or matters as the Chair refers to it.

(3) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall review and study, on a continuing basis, the application, administration, execution, and effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, the subject matter of which is within its general responsibility.

Referral of Measures and Matters to Subcommittees

(b)(1) The Chair shall regularly refer to one or more subcommit-tees such measures and matters as the Chair deems appropriate given its jurisdiction and responsibilities. In making such a refer-ral, the Chair may designate a subcommittee of primary jurisdic-tion and subcommittees of additional or sequential jurisdiction.

(2) All other measures or matters shall be subject to consid-eration by the full Committee.

(3) In referring any measure or matter to a subcommittee, the Chair may specify a date by which the subcommittee shall report thereon to the Committee.

(4) The Committee by motion may discharge a subcommittee from consideration of any measure or matter referred to a sub-committee of the Committee.

Composition of Subcommittees

(c)(1) Members shall be elected to each subcommittee and to the positions of chair and ranking minority member thereof, in accord-ance with the rules of the respective party caucuses. The Chair of the Committee shall designate a member of the majority party on each subcommittee as its vice chair.

(2) The Chair and ranking minority member of the Com-mittee shall be ex officio members with voting privileges of each subcommittee of which they are not assigned as members


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and may be counted for purposes of establishing a quorum in such subcommittees.

(3) The subcommittees shall be comprised as follows: (A) The Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance,

and Government Sponsored Enterprises shall be comprised of 50 members, 30 elected by the majority caucus and 20 elected by the minority caucus.

(B) The Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology shall be comprised of 17 members, 10 elected by the majority caucus and 7 elected by the minority cau-cus.

(C) The Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit shall be comprised of 45 members, 27 elected by the majority caucus and 18 elected by the minority caucus.

(D) The Subcommittee on Housing and Community Op- portunity shall be comprised of 25 members, 15 elected by the majority caucus and 10 elected by the minority caucus.

(E) The Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade shall be comprised of 15 members, 9 elected by the majority caucus and 6 elected by the minority caucus.

(F) The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations shall be comprised of 15 members, 9 elected by the major-ity caucus and 6 elected by the minority caucus.

Subcommittee Meetings and Hearings

(d)(1) Each subcommittee of the Committee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, receive testimony, mark up legislation, and report to the full Committee on any measure or matter referred to it, consistent with subsection (a).

(2) No subcommittee of the Committee may meet or hold a hearing at the same time as a meeting or hearing of the Com- mittee.

(3) The chair of each subcommittee shall set hearing and meeting dates only with the approval of the Chair with a view toward assuring the availability of meeting rooms and avoiding simultaneous scheduling of Committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings.

Effect of a Vacancy

(e) Any vacancy in the membership of a subcommittee shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the subcommittee as long as the required quorum is present.

Records

(f) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall provide the full Committee with copies of such records of votes taken in the subcommittee and such other records with respect to the subcommittee as the Chair deems necessary for the Committee to comply with all rules and regulations of the House.


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RULE 6

STAFF

In General

(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the professional and other staff of the Committee shall be appointed, and may be removed by the Chair, and shall work under the general supervision and direction of the Chair.

(2) All professional and other staff provided to the minority party members of the Committee shall be appointed, and may be removed, by the ranking minority member of the Com- mittee, and shall work under the general supervision and direction of such member.

(3) It is intended that the skills and experience of all members of the Committee staff be available to all members of the Committee.

Subcommittee Staff

(b) From funds made available for the appointment of staff, the Chair of the Committee shall, pursuant to clause 6(d) of rule X of the Rules of the House, ensure that sufficient staff is made available so that each subcommittee can carry out its responsibilities under the rules of the Committee and that the minority party is treated fairly in the appointment of such staff.

Compensation of Staff

(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Chair shall fix the compensation of all professional and other staff of the Committee.

(2) The ranking minority member shall fix the compensation of all professional and other staff provided to the minority party members of the Committee.

RULE 7

BUDGET AND TRAVEL

Budget

(a)(1) The Chair, in consultation with other members of the Com- mittee, shall prepare for each Congress a budget providing amounts for staff, necessary travel, investigation, and other expenses of the Committee and its subcommittees.

(2) From the amount provided to the Committee in the primary expense resolution adopted by the House of Representa- tives, the Chair, after consultation with the ranking minority member, shall designate an amount to be under the direction of the ranking minority member for the compensation of the minority staff, travel expenses of minority members and staff, and minority office expenses. All expenses of minority members and staff shall be paid for out of the amount so set aside.


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Travel

(b)(1) The Chair may authorize travel for any member and any staff member of the Committee in connection with activities or subject matters under the general jurisdiction of the Committee. Be- fore such authorization is granted, there shall be submitted to the Chair in writing the following:

(A) The purpose of the travel. (B) The dates during which the travel is to occur. (C) The names of the States or countries to be visited

and the length of time to be spent in each. (D) The names of members and staff of the Committee

for whom the authorization is sought. (2) Members and staff of the Committee shall make a writ-

ten report to the Chair on any travel they have conducted under this subsection, including a description of their itinerary, expenses, and activities, and of pertinent information gained as a result of such travel.

(3) Members and staff of the Committee performing authorized travel on official business shall be governed by applicable laws, resolutions, and regulations of the House and of the Committee on House Administration.

RULE 8

COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATION

Records

(a)(1) There shall be a transcript made of each regular meeting and hearing of the Committee, and the transcript may be printed if the Chair decides it is appropriate or if a majority of the members of the Committee requests such printing. Any such transcripts shall be a substantially verbatim account of remarks actually made during the proceedings, subject only to technical, grammatical, and typographical corrections authorized by the person making the remarks. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require that all such transcripts be subject to correction and publication.

(2) The Committee shall keep a record of all actions of the Committee and of its subcommittees. The record shall contain all information required by clause 2(e)(1) of rule XI of the Rules of the House and shall be available for public inspection at reasonable times in the offices of the Committee.

(3) All Committee hearings, records, data, charts, and files shall be kept separate and distinct from the congressional office records of the Chair, shall be the property of the House, and all Members of the House shall have access thereto as provided in clause 2(e)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the House.

(4) The records of the Committee at the National Archives and Records Administration shall be made available for public use in accordance with rule VII of the Rules of the House of Representatives. The Chair shall notify the ranking minority member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of the rule, to withhold a record otherwise available, and


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the matter shall be presented to the Committee for a deter-mination on written request of any member of the Committee.

Committee Publications on the Internet

(b) To the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall make its publications available in electronic form.


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APPENDIX 1

Applicable Provisions of Clauses 1, 2, and 4 of Rule XI and Clauses 2 and 3 of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 111th Congress

January 6, 2009

Rule XI: Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business

Clauses 1 and 2: Rules for Standing Committees

In general 1. (a)(1)(A) The Rules of the House are the rules of its commit-

tees and subcommittees so far as applicable. (B) Each subcommittee is a part of its committee and is sub-

ject to the authority and direction of that committee and to its rules, so far as applicable.

(2)(A) In a committee or subcommittee— (i) a motion to recess from day to day, or to recess sub-

ject to the call of the Chair (within 24 hours), shall be privilege; and

(ii) a motion to dispense with the first reading (in full) of a bill or resolution shall be privileged if printed copies are available.

(B) A motion accorded privilege under this subparagraph shall be decided without debate.

(b)(1) Each committee may conduct at any time such investiga-tion and studies as it considers necessary or appropriate in the ex-ercise of its responsibilities under rule X. Subject to the adoption of expense resolutions as required by clause 6 of rule X, each com-mittee may incur expenses, including travel expenses, in connec-tion with such investigations and studies.

(2) A proposed investigative or oversight report shall be con-sidered as read in committee if it has been available to the members for at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in session on such a day).

(3) A report of an investigation or study conducted jointly by more than one committee may be filed jointly, provided that each of the committees complies independently with all re-quirements for approval and filing of the report.

(4) After an adjournment sine die of the last regular session of a Congress, an investigative or oversight report may be filed with the Clerk at any time, provided that a member who gives timely notice of intention to file supplemental, minority, or ad-ditional views shall be entitled to not less than seven calendar days in which to submit such views for inclusion in the report.


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(c) Each committee may have printed and bound such testimony and other data as may be presented at hearings held by the com-mittee or its subcommittees. All costs of stenographic services and transcripts in connection with a meeting or hearing of a committee shall be paid from the applicable accounts of the House described in clause 1(i)(1) of rule X.

(d)(1) Each committee shall submit to the House not later than January 2 of each odd-numbered year a report on the activities of that committee under this rule and rule X during the Congress ending at noon on January 3 of such year.

(2) Such report shall include separate sections summarizing the legislative and oversight activities of that committee dur-ing that Congress.

(3) The oversight section of such report shall include a sum-mary of the oversight plans submitted by the committee under clause 2(d) of rule X, a summary of the actions taken and rec-ommendations made with respect to each such plan, a sum-mary of any additional oversight activities undertaken by that committee, and any recommendations made or actions taken thereon. That section shall also delineate any hearings held pursuant to clauses 2(n), (o), or (p) of this rule.

(4) After an adjournment sine die of the last regular session of a Congress, the chairman of a committee may file an activi-ties report under subparagraph (1) with the Clerk at any time and without approval of the committee, provided that—

(A) a copy of the report has been available to each mem-ber of the committee for at least seven calendar days; and

(B) the report includes any supplemental, minority, or additional views submitted by a member of the committee.

Adoption of written rules 2. (a)(1) Each standing committee shall adopt written rules gov-

erning its procedure. Such rules— (A) shall be adopted in a meeting that is open to the

public unless the committee, in open session and with a quorum present, determines by record vote that all or part of the meeting on that day shall be closed to the public;

(B) may not be inconsistent with the Rules of the House or with those provisions of law having the force and effect of Rules of the House; and

(C) shall in any event incorporate all of the succeeding provisions of this clause to the extent applicable.

(2) Each committee shall submit its rules for publication in the Congressional Record not later than 30 days after the com-mittee is elected in each odd-numbered year.

Regular meeting days (b) Each standing committee shall establish regular meeting days

for the conduct of its business, which shall be not less frequent than monthly. Each such committee shall meet for the consider- consideration of a bill or resolution pending before the committee or the transaction of other committee business on all regular meet-ing days fixed by the committee unless otherwise provided by writ-ten rule adopted by the committee.


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Additional and special meetings (c)(1) The chairman of each standing committee may call and

convene, as the chair considers necessary, additional and special meetings of the committee for the consideration of a bill or resolu-tion pending before the committee or for the conduct of other com-mittee business, subject to such rules as the committee may adopt. The committee shall meet for such purpose under that call of the chairman.

(2) Three or more members of a standing committee may file in the offices of the committee a written request that the chairman call a special meeting of the committee. Such request shall specify the measure or matter to be consid-ered. Immediately upon the filing of the request, the clerk of the committee shall notify the chairman of the filing of the request. If the chairman does not call the requested special meeting within three calendar days after the filing of the request (to be held within seven calendar days after the filing of the request) a majority of the members of the committee may file in the offices of the committee their written notice that a special meeting of the committee will be held. The written notice shall specify the date and hour of the special meeting and the measure or matter to be considered. The committee shall meet on that date and hour. Immediately upon the filing of the notice, the clerk of the committee shall notify all members of the committee that such special meeting will be held and inform them of its date and hour and the measure or matter to be consid-ered. Only the measure or matter specified in that notice may be considered at that special meeting.

Temporary absence of chairman (d) A member of the majority party on each standing committee

or subcommittee thereof shall be designated by the chairman of the full committee as the vice chairman of the committee or sub-committee, as the case may be, and shall preside during the ab-sence of the chairman from any meeting. If the chairman and vice chairman of a committee or subcommittee are not present at any meeting of the committee or subcommittee, the ranking majority member who is present shall preside at that meeting.

Committee records (e)(1)(A) Each committee shall keep a complete record of all com-

committee action which shall include— (i) in the case of a meeting or hearing transcript, a sub-

stantially verbatim account of remarks actually made dur-ing the proceedings, subject only to technical, grammatical, and typographical corrections authorized by the person making the remarks involved; and

(ii) a record of the votes on any question on which a record vote is demanded.

(B)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (B)(ii) and subject to paragraph (k)(7), the result of each such record vote shall be made available by the committee for inspection by the public at reasonable times in its offices. Information so available for


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public inspection shall include a description of the amendment, motion, order, or other proposition, the name of each member voting for and each member voting against such amendment, motion, order, or proposition, and the names of those members of the committee present but not voting.

(ii) The result of any record vote taken in executive ses-sion in the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct may not be made available for inspection by the public without an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the committee.

(2)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), all committee hear-ings, records, data, charts, and files shall be kept separate and dis-tinct from the congressional office records of the member serving as its chairman. Such records shall be the property of the House, and each Member, Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner shall have access thereto.

(B) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, other than members of the Committee on Standards of Official Con-duct, may not have access to the records of that committee re-specting the conduct of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-sioner, officer, or employee of the House without the specific prior permission of that committee.

(3) Each committee shall include in its rules standards for avail-ability of records of the committee delivered to the Archivist of the United States under rule VII. Such standards shall specify proce-dures for orders of the committee under clause 3(b)(3) and clause 4(b) of rule VII, including a requirement that nonavailability of a record for a period longer than the period otherwise applicable under that rule shall be approved by vote of the committee.

(4) Each committee shall make its publications available in elec-tronic form to the maximum extent feasible.

Prohibition against proxy voting (f) A vote by a member of a committee or subcommittee with re-

spect to any measure or matter may not be cast by proxy.

Open meetings and hearings (g)(1) Each meeting for the transaction of business, including the

markup of legislation, by a standing committee or subcommittee thereof (other than the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or its subcommittees) shall be open to the public, including to radio, television, and still photography coverage, except when the committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a majority present, determines by record vote that all or part of the remainder of the meeting on that day shall be in executive session because disclosure of matters to be considered would endanger national se-curity, would compromise sensitive law enforcement information, would tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, or other-wise would violate a law or rule of the House. Persons, other than members of the committee and such noncommittee Members, Dele-gates, Resident Commissioner, congressional staff, or departmental representatives as the committee may authorize, may not be present at a business or markup session that is held in executive session. This subparagraph does not apply to open committee hear-


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ings, which are governed by clause 4(a)(1) of rule X or by subpara-graph (2).

(2)(A) Each hearing conducted by a committee or sub-committee (other than the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or its subcommittees) shall be open to the public, in-cluding to radio, television, and still photography coverage, ex-cept when the committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a majority present, determines by record vote that all or part of the remainder of that hearing on that day shall be closed to the public because disclosure of testimony, evidence, or other matters to be considered would endanger national se-curity, would compromise sensitive law enforcement informa-tion, or would violate a law or rule of the House.

(B) Notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision (A), in the presence of the number of members required under the rules of the committee for the purpose of taking testi-mony, a majority of those present may—

(i) agree to close the hearing for the sole purpose of discussing whether testimony or evidence to be re-ceived would endanger national security, would com-promise sensitive law enforcement information, or would violate clause 2(k)(5); or

(ii) agree to close the hearing as provided in clause 2(k)(5).

(C) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not be excluded from nonparticipatory attendance at a hearing of a committee or subcommittee (other than the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or its sub-committees) unless the House by majority vote authorizes a particular committee or subcommittee, for purposes of a particular series of hearings on a particular article of legis-lation or on a particular subject of investigation, to close its hearings to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner by the same procedures specified in this subparagraph for closing hearings to the public.

(D) The committee or subcommittee may vote by the same procedure described in this subparagraph to close one subsequent day of hearing, except that the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the subcommittees thereof, may vote by the same procedure to close up to five additional, consecutive days of hearings.

(3) The chairman of each committee (other than the Com-mittee on Rules) shall make public announcement of the date, place, and subject matter of a committee hearing at least one week before the commencement of the hearing. If the chairman of the committee, with the concurrence of the ranking minority member, determines that there is good cause to begin a hear-ing sooner, or if the committee so determines by majority vote in the presence of the number of members required under the rules of the committee for the transaction of business, the chairman shall make the announcement at the earliest pos-sible date. An announcement made under this subparagraph


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shall be published promptly in the Daily Digest and made available in electronic form.

(4) Each committee shall, to the greatest extent practicable, require witnesses who appear before it to submit in advance written statements of proposed testimony and to limit their ini-tial presentations to the committee to brief summaries thereof. In the case of a witness appearing in a nongovernmental ca-pacity, a written statement of proposed testimony shall include a curriculum vitae and a disclosure of the amount and source (by agency and program) of each Federal grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract (or subcontract thereof) received during the current fiscal year or either of the two previous fiscal years by the witness or by an entity represented by the witness.

(5)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), a point of order does not lie with respect to a measure reported by a committee on the ground that hearings on such measure were not con-ducted in accordance with this clause.

(B) A point of order on the ground described in subdivi-sion (A) may be made by a member of the committee that reported the measure if such point of order was timely made and improperly disposed of in the committee.

(6) This paragraph does not apply to hearings of the Com-mittee on Appropriations under clause 4(a)(1) of rule X.

Quorum requirements (h)(1) A measure or recommendation may not be reported by a

committee unless a majority of the committee is actually present. (2) Each committee may fix the number of its members to

constitute a quorum for taking testimony and receiving evi-dence, which may not be less than two.

(3) Each committee (other than the Committee on Appropria-tions, the Committee on the Budget, and the Committee on Ways and Means) may fix the number of its members to con-stitute a quorum for taking any action other than one for which the presence of a majority of the committee is otherwise required, which may not be less than one-third of the mem-bers.

(4)(A) Each committee may adopt a rule authorizing the chairman of a committee or subcommittee—

(i) to postpone further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on the question of approving a measure or matter or on adopting an amendment; and

(ii) to resume proceedings on a postponed question at any time after reasonable notice.

(B) A rule adopted pursuant to this subparagraph shall provide that when proceedings resume on a postponed question, notwithstanding any intervening order for the previous question, an underlying proposition shall remain subject to further debate or amendment to the same extent as when the question was postponed.


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Limitation on committee sittings (i) A committee may not sit during a joint session of the House

and Senate or during a recess when a joint meeting of the House and Senate is in progress.

Calling and questioning of witnesses (j)(1) Whenever a hearing is conducted by a committee on a

measure or matter, the minority members of the committee shall be entitled, upon request to the chairman by a majority of them be-fore the completion of the hearing, to call witnesses selected by the minority to testify with respect to that measure or matter during at least one day of hearing thereon.

(2)(A) Subject to subdivisions (B) and (C), each committee shall apply the five-minute rule during the questioning of wit-nesses in a hearing until such time as each member of the committee who so desires has had an opportunity to question each witness.

(B) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting a specified number of its members to question a witness for longer than five minutes. The time for extended ques-tioning of a witness under this subdivision shall be equal for the majority party and the minority party and may not exceed one hour in the aggregate.

(C) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting committee staff for its majority and minority party mem-bers to question a witness for equal specified periods. The time for extended questioning of a witness under this sub-division shall be equal for the majority party and the mi-nority party and may not exceed one hour in the aggre-gate.

Hearing procedures (k)(1) The chairman at a hearing shall announce in an opening

statement the subject of the hearing. (2) A copy of the committee rules and of this clause shall be

made available to each witness on request. (3) Witnesses at hearings may be accompanied by their own

counsel for the purpose of advising them concerning their con-stitutional rights.

(4) The chairman may punish breaches of order and deco-rum, and of professional ethics on the part of counsel, by cen-sure and exclusion from the hearings; and the committee may cite the offender to the House for contempt.

(5) Whenever it is asserted by a member of the committee that the evidence or testimony at a hearing may tend to de-fame, degrade, or incriminate any person, or it is asserted by a witness that the evidence or testimony that the witness would give at a hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or in-criminate the witness—

(A) notwithstanding paragraph (g)(2), such testimony or evidence shall be presented in executive session if, in the presence of the number of members required under the rules of the committee for the purpose of taking testimony, the committee determines by vote of a majority of those


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present that such evidence or testimony may tend to de-fame, degrade, or incriminate any person; and

(B) the committee shall proceed to receive such testi-mony in open session only if the committee, a majority being present, determines that such evidence or testimony will not tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any per-son. In either case the committee shall afford such person an opportunity voluntarily to appear as a witness, and re-ceive and dispose of requests from such person to subpoena additional witnesses.

(6) Except as provided in subparagraph (5), the chairman shall receive and the committee shall dispose of requests to subpoena additional witnesses.

(7) Evidence or testimony taken in executive session, and proceedings conducted in executive session, may be released or used in public sessions only when authorized by the committee, a majority being present.

(8) In the discretion of the committee, witnesses may submit brief and pertinent sworn statements in writing for inclusion in the record. The committee is the sole judge of the pertinence of testimony and evidence adduced at its hearing.

(9) A witness may obtain a transcript copy of the testimony of such witness given at a public session or, if given at an exec-utive session, when authorized by the committee.

Supplemental, minority, or additional views (l) If at the time of approval of a measure or matter by a com-

mittee (other than the Committee on Rules) a member of the com-mittee gives notice of intention to file supplemental, minority, or additional views for inclusion in the report to the House thereon, that member shall be entitled to not less than two additional cal-endar days after the day of such notice (excluding Saturdays, Sun-days, and legal holidays except when the House is in session on such a day) to file such views, in writing and signed by that mem-ber, with the clerk of the committee.

Power to sit and act; subpoena power (m)(1) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions and

duties under this rule and rule X (including any matters referred to it under clause 2 of rule XII), a committee or subcommittee is authorized (subject to subparagraph (3)(A))—

(A) to sit and act at such times and places within the United States, whether the House is in session, has re-cessed, or has adjourned, and to hold such hearings as it considers necessary; and

(B) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents as it considers necessary.

(2) The chairman of the committee, or a member designated by the chairman, may administer oaths to witnesses.

(3)(A)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (A)(ii), a subpoena may be authorized and issued by a committee or subcommittee under subparagraph (1)(B) in the conduct of an investigation


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or series of investigations or activities only when authorized by the committee or subcommittee, a majority being present. The power to authorize and issue subpoenas under subparagraph (1)(B) may be delegated to the chairman of the committee under such rules and under such limitations as the committee may prescribe. Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the chairman of the committee or by a member designated by the committee.

(ii) In the case of a subcommittee of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, a subpoena may be authorized and issued only by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members.

(B) A subpoena duces tecum may specify terms of return other than at a meeting or hearing of the committee or subcommittee authorizing the subpoena.

(C) Compliance with a subpoena issued by a committee or subcommittee under subparagraph (1)(B) may be en-forced only as authorized or directed by the House.

(n)(1) Each standing committee, or a subcommittee thereof, shall hold at least one hearing during each 120-day period following the establishment of the committee on the topic of waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs which that committee may authorize.

(2) A hearing described in subparagraph (1) shall include a focus on the most egregious instances of waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement as documented by any report the com-mittee has received from a Federal Office of the Inspector Gen-eral or the Comptroller General of the United States.

(o) Each committee, or a subcommittee thereof, shall hold at least one hearing in any session in which the committee has re-ceived disclaimers of agency financial statements from auditors of any Federal agency that the committee may authorize to hear testi-mony on such disclaimers from representatives of any such agency.

(p) Each standing committee, or a subcommittee thereof, shall hold at least one hearing on issues raised by reports issued by the Comptroller General of the United States indicating that Federal programs or operations that the committee may authorize are at high risk for waste, fraud, and mismanagement, known as the ‘high-risk list’ or the ‘high-risk series.’

Clause 4: Audio and visual coverage of committee proceedings

4. (a) The purpose of this clause is to provide a means, in con-formity with acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, and deco-rum, by which committee hearings or committee meetings that are open to the public may be covered by audio and visual means—

(1) for the education, enlightenment, and information of the general public, on the basis of accurate and impartial news coverage, regarding the operations, procedures, and practices of the House as a legislative and representative body, and regard-ing the measures, public issues, and other matters before the House and its committees, the consideration thereof, and the action taken thereon; and


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(2) for the development of the perspective and understanding of the general public with respect to the role and function of the House under the Constitution as an institution of the Fed-eral Government.

(b) In addition, it is the intent of this clause that radio and tele-vision tapes and television film of any coverage under this clause may not be used, or made available for use, as partisan political campaign material to promote or oppose the candidacy of any per-son for elective public office.

(c) It is, further, the intent of this clause that the general con-duct of each meeting (whether of a hearing or otherwise) covered under authority of this clause by audio or visual means, and the personal behavior of the committee members and staff, other Gov-ernment officials and personnel, witnesses, television, radio, and press media personnel, and the general public at the hearing or other meeting, shall be in strict conformity with and observance of the acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, courtesy, and deco-rum traditionally observed by the House in its operations, and may not be such as to—

(1) distort the objects and purposes of the hearing or other meeting or the activities of committee members in connection with that hearing or meeting or in connection with the general work of the committee or of the House; or

(2) cast discredit or dishonor on the House, the committee, or a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner or bring the House, the committee, or a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner into disrepute.

(d) The coverage of committee hearings and meetings by audio and visual means shall be permitted and conducted only in strict conformity with the purposes, provisions, and requirements of this clause.

(e) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by a committee or subcommittee is open to the public, those proceedings shall be open to coverage by audio and visual means. A committee or sub-committee chairman may not limit the number of television or still cameras to fewer than two representatives from each medium (ex-cept for legitimate space or safety considerations, in which case pool coverage shall be authorized).

(f) Each committee shall adopt written rules to govern its imple-mentation of this clause. Such rules shall contain provisions to the following effect:

(1) If audio or visual coverage of the hearing or meeting is to be presented to the public as live coverage, that coverage shall be conducted and presented without commercial sponsor-ship.

(2) The allocation among the television media of the posi-tions or the number of television cameras permitted by a com-mittee or subcommittee chairman in a hearing or meeting room shall be in accordance with fair and equitable procedures devised by the Executive Committee of the Radio and Tele-vision Correspondents’ Galleries.

(3) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to obstruct in any way the space between a witness giving evidence or tes-


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timony and any member of the committee or the visibility of that witness and that member to each other.

(4) Television cameras shall operate from fixed positions but may not be placed in positions that obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing or meeting by the other media.

(5) Equipment necessary for coverage by the television and radio media may not be installed in, or removed from, the hearing or meeting room while the committee is in session.

(6)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), floodlights, spot-lights, strobelights, and flashguns may not be used in pro-viding any method of coverage of the hearing or meeting.

(B) The television media may install additional lighting in a hearing or meeting room, without cost to the Govern-ment, in order to raise the ambient lighting level in a hearing or meeting room to the lowest level necessary to provide adequate television coverage of a hearing or meet-ing at the current state of the art of television coverage.

(7) In the allocation of the number of still photographers per-mitted by a committee or subcommittee chairman in a hearing or meeting room, preference shall be given to photographers from Associated Press Photos and United Press International Newspictures. If requests are made by more of the media than will be permitted by a committee or subcommittee chairman for coverage of a hearing or meeting by still photography, that coverage shall be permitted on the basis of a fair and equitable pool arrangement devised by the Standing Committee of Press Photographers.

(8) Photographers may not position themselves between the witness table and the members of the committee at any time during the course of a hearing or meeting.

(9) Photographers may not place themselves in positions that obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by the other media.

(10) Personnel providing coverage by the television and radio media shall be currently accredited to the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Galleries.

(11) Personnel providing coverage by still photography shall be currently accredited to the Press Photographers’ Gallery.

(12) Personnel providing coverage by the television and radio media and by still photography shall conduct themselves and their coverage activities in an orderly and unobtrusive manner.

RULE XIII: CALENDARS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS

Clause 2: Filing and printing of reports

2. (a)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), all reports of committees (other than those filed from the floor) shall be delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar under the direction of the Speaker in accordance with clause 1. The title or subject of each report shall be entered on the Journal and printed in the Congressional Record.

(2) A bill or resolution reported adversely (other than those filed as privileged) shall be laid on the table unless a com-mittee to which the bill or resolution was referred requests at


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the time of the report its referral to an appropriate calendar under clause 1 or unless, within three days thereafter, a Mem-ber, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner makes such a re-quest.

(b)(1) It shall be the duty of the chairman of each committee to report or cause to be reported promptly to the House a measure or matter approved by the committee and to take or cause to be taken steps necessary to bring the measure or matter to a vote.

(2) In any event, the report of a committee on a measure that has been approved by the committee shall be filed within seven calendar days (exclusive of days on which the House is not in session) after the day on which a written request for the filing of the report, signed by a majority of the members of the committee, has been filed with the clerk of the committee. The clerk of the committee shall immediately notify the chairman of the filing of such a request. This subparagraph does not apply to a report of the Committee on Rules with respect to a rule, joint rule, or order of business of the House, or to the re-porting of a resolution of inquiry addressed to the head of an executive department.

(c) All supplemental, minority, or additional views filed under clause 2(l) of rule XI by one or more members of a committee shall be included in, and shall be a part of, the report filed by the com-mittee with respect to a measure or matter. When time guaranteed by clause 2(l) of rule XI has expired (or, if sooner, when all sepa-rate views have been received), the committee may arrange to file its report with the Clerk not later than one hour after the expira-tion of such time. This clause and provisions of clause 2(l) of rule XI do not preclude the immediate filing or printing of a committee report in the absence of a timely request for the opportunity to file supplemental, minority, or additional views as provided in clause 2(l) of rule XI.

Clause 3: Content of reports

3. (a)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the report of a committee on a measure or matter shall be printed in a single vol-ume that—

(A) shall include all supplemental, minority, or addi-tional views that have been submitted by the time of the filing of the report; and

(B) shall bear on its cover a recital that any such supple-mental, minority, or additional views (and any material submitted under paragraph (c)(3) or (4)) are included as part of the report.

(2) A committee may file a supplemental report for the cor-rection of a technical error in its previous report on a measure or matter. A supplemental report only correcting errors in the depiction of record votes under paragraph (b) may be filed under this subparagraph and shall not be subject to the re-quirement in clause 4 concerning the availability of reports.

(b) With respect to each record vote on a motion to report a measure or matter of a public nature, and on any amendment of-fered to the measure or matter, the total number of votes cast for and against, and the names of members voting for and against,


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shall be included in the committee report. The preceding sentence does not apply to votes taken in executive session by the Com-mittee on Standards of Official Conduct.

(c) The report of a committee on a measure that has been ap-proved by the committee shall include, separately set out and clear-ly identified, the following:

(1) Oversight findings and recommendations under clause 2(b)(1) of rule X.

(2) The statement required by section 308(a) of the Congres-sional Budget Act of 1974, except that an estimate of new budget authority shall include, when practicable, a comparison of the total estimated funding level for the relevant programs to the appropriate levels under current law.

(3) An estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Con-gressional Budget Act of 1974 if timely submitted to the com-mittee before the filing of the report.

(4) A statement of general performance goals and objectives, including outcome-related goals and objectives, for which the measure authorizes funding.

(d) Each report of a committee on a public bill or public joint res-olution shall contain the following:

(1) A statement citing the specific powers granted to Con-gress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed by the bill or joint resolution.

(2)(A) An estimate by the committee of the costs that would be incurred in carrying out the bill or joint resolution in the fiscal year in which it is reported and in each of the five fiscal years following that fiscal year (or for the authorized duration of any program authorized by the bill or joint resolution if less than five years);

(B) a comparison of the estimate of costs described in subdivision (A) made by the committee with any estimate of such costs made by a Government agency and submitted to such committee; and

(C) when practicable, a comparison of the total esti-mated funding level for the relevant programs with the ap-propriate levels under current law.

(3)(A) In subparagraph (2) the term ’’Government agency’’ in-cludes any department, agency, establishment, wholly owned Government corporation, or instrumentality of the Federal Government or the government of the District of Columbia.

(B) Subparagraph (2) does not apply to the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on House Administra-tion, the Committee on Rules, or the Committee on Stand-ards of Official Conduct, and does not apply when a cost estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Con-gressional Budget Act of 1974 has been included in the re-port under paragraph (c)(3).

(e)(1) Whenever a committee reports a bill or joint resolution pro-posing to repeal or amend a statute or part thereof, it shall include in its report or in an accompanying document—


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(A) the text of a statute or part thereof that is proposed to be repealed; and

(B) a comparative print of any part of the bill or joint resolution proposing to amend the statute and of the stat-ute or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing by appropriate typographical devices the omissions and inser-tions proposed.

(2) If a committee reports a bill or joint resolution proposing to repeal or amend a statute or part thereof with a rec-ommendation that the bill or joint resolution be amended, the comparative print required by subparagraph (1) shall reflect the changes in existing law proposed to be made by the bill or joint resolution as proposed to be amended.


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APPENDIX 2

Chair’s Policy Regarding Postponed Votes

January 27, 2009

Rule 3(c)(5) of the Rules of the Committee on Financial Services for the 111th Congress (adopted pursuant to clause 2(h)(4) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 111th Con-gress) authorizes the Chairman to postpone ordered record votes on the question of approving any measure or matter or adopting an amendment under certain circumstances. The Committee rule fur-ther provides that the Chairman may resume proceedings on a postponed vote at any time, but not later than the next meeting day.

The following policy was first announced by the Chair at the Committee’s organizational meeting on February 5, 2003 and cir-culated to the Members of the Committee in a memorandum dated February 11, 2003. The policy has been continued since that time and is reprinted here for easy reference.

IN GENERAL

Members are advised that this policy applies equally to meetings of the full Committee and subcommittees, and will be printed in the Committee’s rules pamphlet. The Chair has consulted with the ranking minority member in the formulation of this policy and will continue to consult with him regarding its application.

As announced at the Committee’s organizational meeting, the purpose of this rule is to improve the efficiency of the Committee’s meetings, and will not be used to advantage or disadvantage any member seeking to offer an amendment. In order to ensure that the Chair can effectively administer the rule and provide for or-derly markups, it is essential that Members inform the Chair of their intention to offer a particular amendment as soon as possible. The Chair cannot protect Members if he does not know of their amendment.

Members are further advised that the Chair intends for this rule to be used sparingly, in cases where the Committee faces a long markup on a series of bills or amendments. It does not substitute for the active attendance and participation of Members in Com-mittee meetings.

IN PARTICULAR

1. In the application of the rule, the Chair will consult regularly with the ranking minority member regarding the postponement of


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votes, including the decision on whether to postpone a particular vote and on when proceedings will resume.

2. A record vote on an amendment will not be postponed if doing so would prejudice a member with regard to the offering of another amendment.

3. The Chair will make every reasonable effort to group the con-sideration of amendments and the resumption of proceedings on postponed votes so as to permit the offering of all known amend-ments.

4. No more than 6 record votes will be postponed before the re-sumption of proceedings on the series, except with the specific agreement of the ranking minority member.

5. When proceedings resume on postponed record votes, the first vote in any series (or in the case of a single postponed vote, that vote), will remain open for 15 minutes, or until all members of the Committee or subcommittee are recorded. Subsequent votes in a se-ries will not be held open.

6. The Chair will make every reasonable effort to notify members regarding the resumption of proceedings on postponed record votes, both prior to and at the time that proceedings resume on any post-poned record vote, which includes notification through electronic means.

7. Members are strongly encouraged to attend all committee meetings. However, if members cannot attend the Committee meet-ing, they are advised to monitor the proceedings through the Com-mittee broadcasts on the House cable system or the Committee’s webcast, and to have staff present at the meeting.

The Chair believes that this policy will result in the fair applica-tion of the rule, the protection of Members’ rights to offer amend-ments, and an improvement in the efficiency of Committee meet-ings.

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